The History of Medicine

  • HeLa Cells
    1951 BCE

    HeLa Cells

    Is a type of cell im am immortal cell lime used in scientific research.. The line was derived from cervical cancer cells taken on February 8, 1951 from Henrietta lacks, a patient who died of her cancer on October 4, 1951
  • Gertrude Elion
    1918 BCE

    Gertrude Elion

    Patented a leukemia-fighing drug.
  • Wihelm conard roentgen
    1895 BCE

    Wihelm conard roentgen

    Discovers x- rays, Wilhelm was already working on the effects of cathode rays during 1855, before he actually discovered x-rays.
  • Emil Von Behring
    1890 BCE

    Emil Von Behring

    Discovers antitoxins and develops tetanus and diphtheria vaccines.
  • Louis Pasteur
    1857 BCE

    Louis Pasteur

    Identifies germs as cause of disease Pasteurs academic positions were numerous,and his scientific accomplishment earned him Frances highest decoration, the legion of Honour.
  • Elizabeth Blackwell
    1849 BCE

    Elizabeth Blackwell

    Is the first women to gain a medical degree from geneva medical college in New York. First women to receive a medical degree in the United States.
  • Ignaz Semmelweis
    1847 BCE

    Ignaz Semmelweis

    Discovers how to prevent the transmission of puerperal fever. Could be drastically reduced by appropriate hand washing by medical care-givers. He made this discovery in 1847 while working in the maternity department.
  • WILLIAM MORTAN
    1846 BCE

    WILLIAM MORTAN

    A dentist, is the first to publish the process of using anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide.
  • Dr.Horace Wells
    1844 BCE

    Dr.Horace Wells

    Uses nitrous oxide as an anesthetic
  • Crawford W. Long
    1842 BCE

    Crawford W. Long

    Uses ether as a general anesthetic. He was an american surgeon and pharmacist best known for his first use of inhaled sulfuric ether as an anesthetic.
  • James Blundell
    1818 BCE

    James Blundell

    Performs the first successful transfusion of human blood
  • Rene Laenner
    1816 BCE

    Rene Laenner

    Invented the stethoscope in 1816, while working at the hospital necker and pioneered its use in diagnosing various chest conditions.
  • S.Humphry Dovy
    1800 BCE

    S.Humphry Dovy

    Discovers the anesthetic of nitrous oxide. He was apprenticed to a surgeon and aged 19 went to bristal to study science. There he investigated gases
  • Edward Jenner
    1796 BCE

    Edward Jenner

    Develops the process of vaccination for smallpox the first vaccine for any disease.
  • Cladius Aymand
    1763 BCE

    Cladius Aymand

    Performs the first successful appendectomy.
  • Giacomo Pylarini
    1701 BCE

    Giacomo Pylarini

    Gives the first small pox inoculation in Europe and it was a success.
  • Girolamo Fabrial
    1700 BCE

    Girolamo Fabrial

    Studies leg veins and noticies that they have valves which allow blood to flow only toward the heart.
  • Anton Van
    1670 BCE

    Anton Van

    Discovers blood cells using hand crafted microscopes, Anton von leeuwenhoek was the first person to observe and describe single celled organisms, which he originally referred to as animalcules (which we now refer to as microorganisms)
  • William Clowes
    1604 BCE

    William Clowes

    He was an early english surgeon. He was a barber surgeon. 12-18 years old he was an apprentice surgeon. By the time he was 25 he was present to masters.
  • Hippocrates
    460 BCE

    Hippocrates

    The Greek father of medicine, formed the first ever asprin. Hippocrates is considered "The Father Of Medicine"
  • Herodotus
    425 BCE

    Herodotus

    Tells Egyptian doctors were specialists medicine is practiced among them on a plan of separation, each physician treats a single disorder and no more. thus the country swarms with medical practitioners, some under taking to cure diseases of the eye, other intestines.
  • Diucles
    300 BCE

    Diucles

    Wrote the first known anatomy book, a resident of athens, Diocese was the first to write medical treaties in greek rather than in the lonic greek customarily.
  • Herophilus
    280 BCE

    Herophilus

    Studies the nervous system. Was a Greek physician deemed to be the first anatomist. He rendered careful accounts of the eye,liver,salivary,glands,pancreas, and genital organs of both sexes.
  • Galen
    130 BCE

    Galen

    Greek physician, he was a surgeon. He was the greatests physician of Ancient Rome.
  • Caelius Aurelianus
    88 BCE

    Caelius Aurelianus

    A doctor from sick venerial wrote handbook on "acute and chronic diseases in latin"
  • Avicenna
    1010

    Avicenna

    Writes the book of Healing and the canon of medicine, the canon of medicine is an encyclopedia of medicine in five books, compiles by persian philosopher Avicenna and completed in 1025.
  • Roger Bacon
    1249

    Roger Bacon

    Invents spectacles, he placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empiricism
  • Critobulus of cos
    1400

    Critobulus of cos

    Extracts an arrow from the eye of phllp 11, treating the loss of the eyeball without causing facial disfigurement.
  • Leonardo de Vinci
    1489

    Leonardo de Vinci

    Dissects corpes, Leonardo first became interested in anatomic are when he was asked by a veronese anatomist named ave Antonia Dellc torre to do the illustration for a text of anatomy.
  • William Harvey

    William Harvey

    Publishes an anatomical study of the motion of the heart and of the blood in animals which forms the basis for future research on blood vessels, arteries and the heart.